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Saturday, March 30, 2024

The Divine Plan to Re-Create the World (Holy Saturday - Cycle B)

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I think of the Easter Vigil Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday as the liturgical equivalent of a Thanksgiving meal. At Thanksgiving, we do n...

Good Friday Reflection - Yearning for Paradise

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Passage: Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us." The oth...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Don't Leave Jesus Because of Judas (Good Friday - Cycle B)

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Books have been written on the Passion narrative proclaimed on Good Friday, so a short reflection can focus only on a small portion of the...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Service and Self-Sacrifice Are at the Heart of the Eucharist (Holy Thursday - Cycle B)

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On two occasions, Jesus rebukes Peter in the Gospels. The first time is when Jesus foretells his suffering and death but Peter objects. Th...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Let Us Welcome Jesus As the Crowds Did (Palm Sunday - Cycle B)

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In the first Gospel proclaimed today, Jesus rides into Jerusalem in advance of the Passover celebration. The feast of the Passover goes ba...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Jesus Offers Us Much More Than Endless Life (Lent V - Cycle A)

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The famous Christian writer C.S. Lewis once suggested that Lazarus was the first Christian martyr. Why did he make this unusual claim? His...

Choosing the Ultimate Self-Sacrifice (Lent V - Cycle B)

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Once and only once in my life, I did a celebrity stakeout. My wife and I spent hours in a Croatian hotel to see members of the band Duran ...